Weakness (CWE)
CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Implementation, System Configuration, Operation
When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to encrypt the data at rest. [REF-1297] [REF-1299] [REF-1301]
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Implementation, System Configuration, Operation
In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of "double encryption" (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.
Source: MITRE CWE-312
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Critical 9.0CVE-2025-63729 Public exploit
An issue was discovered in Syrotech SY-GPON-1110-WDONT SYRO_3.7L_3.1.02-240517 allowing attackers to exctract the SSL P…
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Critical 9.1CVE-2024-40457 Public exploit
No-IP Dynamic Update Client (DUC) v3.x uses cleartext credentials that may occur on a command line or in a file. NOTE: …
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Critical 9.9CVE-2021-36782 Public exploit
Rancher: Plaintext storage and exposure of credentials in Rancher API and cluster.management.cattle.io object
A Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows authenticated Cluster Owners, Cluster Members, Project Owners, Project Members and User Base to use the Kubernetes API to retrieve plaintext version of sensitive data. This issu…